Rhetorical Analysis: Shirin Ebadi Nobel Lecture
Shirin Ebadi is the first Nobel Peace Laureate from the Islamic world. Ebadi, an attorney, also happened to have been Iran’s first female judge. She took up the struggle for fundamental human rights, especially for women and children, following her dismissal from the role of a judge as a result of Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979. On the occasion of the award on December 10, 2003 at the Oslo City Hall, in Oslo, Norway, Ebadi, after expressing gratitude for the award, appealed to the audience on behalf of the Iranian people and women in Islamic countries, universal human rights, the rights of Muslim nations for self-determination, and the rights of those arrested in the fight against terrorism. …show more content…
Without mentioning any countries by its name, Ebadi utilized logos to point to the blatant violations of universal human rights being perpetrated under the cloak of war against terrorism. To further evoke emotions from her audience, Ebadi implies in her lecture, that the West is indifferent to the violations of various United Nations resolutions set out to safeguard human rights even in the course of fighting terrorism, as long as individuals arrested in the course of those conflicts are Muslims. Ebadi opined that the unfair application of international laws and resolutions does not only apply to Muslim individuals, but also to Muslim nations. As if she has the West on trial, she directs this rhetorical question to her …show more content…
Ebadi in speaking to her audience on these issues commands credibility. Mainly because she is a victim of the system she is fighting against in her home country. Ebadi in her speech shows that she is hardly on anybody’s side, except for the ordinary people, whose rights are being trampled upon. The context of her lecture gives the impression that Islam is being used against the people by its religious leaders and against Muslim nations by the West. Ebadi’s call to action to end patriarchal cultures while unlikely will change anything, it does appear she is highly respected and recognized for her
Shirin Ebadi is the first Nobel Peace Laureate from the Islamic world. Ebadi, an attorney, also happened to have been Iran’s first female judge. She took up the struggle for fundamental human rights, especially for women and children, following her dismissal from the role of a judge as a result of Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979. On the occasion of the award on December 10, 2003 at the Oslo City Hall, in Oslo, Norway, Ebadi, after expressing gratitude for the award, appealed to the audience on behalf of the Iranian people and women in Islamic countries, universal human rights, the rights of Muslim nations for self-determination, and the rights of those arrested in the fight against terrorism. …show more content…
Without mentioning any countries by its name, Ebadi utilized logos to point to the blatant violations of universal human rights being perpetrated under the cloak of war against terrorism. To further evoke emotions from her audience, Ebadi implies in her lecture, that the West is indifferent to the violations of various United Nations resolutions set out to safeguard human rights even in the course of fighting terrorism, as long as individuals arrested in the course of those conflicts are Muslims. Ebadi opined that the unfair application of international laws and resolutions does not only apply to Muslim individuals, but also to Muslim nations. As if she has the West on trial, she directs this rhetorical question to her …show more content…
Ebadi in speaking to her audience on these issues commands credibility. Mainly because she is a victim of the system she is fighting against in her home country. Ebadi in her speech shows that she is hardly on anybody’s side, except for the ordinary people, whose rights are being trampled upon. The context of her lecture gives the impression that Islam is being used against the people by its religious leaders and against Muslim nations by the West. Ebadi’s call to action to end patriarchal cultures while unlikely will change anything, it does appear she is highly respected and recognized for her